Aniston Love Letters to Be Auctioned

[underpants]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050725/ap_en_ce/people_aniston_3

NEW YORK - One of Jennifer Aniston's former flings is auctioning off letters, notes, pictures and other memorabilia from the "Friends" star.

Michael Baroni, a California lawyer who claims he had a summer romance in 1984 with Aniston, is selling keepsakes such as a makeshift birthday card she wrote on a piece of toilet paper and a childhood picture of the pair.

According to Baroni, their summer lovin' — he was 16, she was 15 — turned into a longtime friendship until they lost contact in 1991, when Aniston's showbiz career began to soar.

"She was very fun and lively, a loving kind of person," Baroni told the AP during a phone interview Friday. "I think the materials show an innocent look into someone I think is very endearing."

Baroni's auction begins July 29 on eBay with a $100,000 reserve. If the reserve is not met, the package of memorabilia will be withdrawn. Baroni wouldn't comment on why he was auctioning off the items beyond citing "financial reasons."

[DS1]

1. Unbelievably tacky

How long till Jen goes postal?

[Shell Beau]

2. For some reason, I just adore her.

I hope the best for her!

[matcom]

3. sorry

HEY! i needed the $$! :D

[Shell Beau]

6. You wish!

Hell, even I wish. :P

[tjdee]

4. What a loser. He held on to toilet paper for twenty years?

It's one thing to hold on to little momentos for twenty years privately, but to then try to sell them just because you can?

Nasty.

[Scout1071]

5. What a total arsehole.

Seriously, what a freakin' nightmare to have somebody take something so personal from your youth and not only try to publicize it, but profit from it.

What an asshole.

[coloradodem2005]

7. That is so fucking stupid it is unbelievable.

Doesn't she have a right to privacy? Fuck.

[pitohui]

8. no right to privacy

if she didn't want him to have the letters, she shouldn't have written them -- wasn't there a case The Nation won in the 90s to publish some unpublished letters and they won the case

don't write love letters on toilet paper if you plan to get famous, my advice

[Groggy]

9. She was only 15!!

Would you want stuff you did at that age to become public?? Cripes. The guy is a jerk.

[coloradodem2005]

10. 100% agree with you.

[pitohui]

12. he's a jerk but it's legal to be a jerk

i wasn't addressing the morality -- someone asked if it was legal to sell letters someone wrote to you and i gave the correct answer -- it's legal

the guy can be a jerk and she can also be a jerk for writing a love letter on toilet paper, that's pretty cold, dudes

[Scout1071]

11. Are you kidding me?

I mean, did you type that with a straight face? May I ask what you do for a living? Were you preparing yourself for it at age 15? Mind if we dig thru, publicize, then profit from your most personal moments?

[pitohui]

13. i'm not a celebrity for a living

she had a choice -- she chose to sell her face for millions of dollars -- the law is clear that she doesn't have the same right to privacy as someone who doesn't make that choice

if and when i become a multi-millionaire celeb, you are welcome to dig through my private moments and give me free publicity and i will not be bitter if some small amount of cash falls into your hands whereby

i doubt aniston is bitter about this development in the slightest

[Scout1071]

15. OK. Whatever.

Something tells me there aren't that many love notes lurking in your past.

Just a guess.

[pitohui]

16. definitely none written on toilet paper

you get the respect you give

[Scout1071]

17. Welcome to D U.

:popcorn:

[Deja Q]

14. A lawyer having financial problems THESE DAYS? Gimme a break.

Or does "financial reasons" mean "I'm greedy and wants more money."

[LoZoccolo]

18. This is actually Bush*'s fault; don't blame the guy.

Financial reasons.